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This Unremarkable Ant From Europe Quietly Conquered NYC
Episode 1119
New York: The city that never sleeps, the concrete jungle where dreams are made of and more recently ... home to a mysterious ant spreading across the city — before continuing across metropolitan and…
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago
Feeling Bored? Stop Swiping
Episode 1118
Have you ever scrolled through a TikTok without finishing it? Switched between YouTube videos halfway through one or the other? Pressed "fast forward" on a Netflix episode that just wasn't holding yo…
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago
What COVID Going Endemic Means For You
Episode 1117
U.S. health officials now say COVID-19 is an endemic disease. That means it's here to stay – circulating fairly regularly like the flu. Even though that changes how public health officials think abo…
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago
Solve A Moon Mystery With Radiolab
Episode 1116
All summer long, we've been on a 10-episode odyssey through the changing universe (check out the series). But there was one big set of objects that we skipped over: moons. So now we're back, with spe…
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago
The Power Of Braille Literacy
Episode 1115
For blind and low vision adults, the ability to read braille can be life-changing. Braille literacy is directly linked to higher rates of academic success and better employment outcomes for them. But…
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago
Firing A Weapon Might Hurt Your Brain
Episode 1114
Some weapons used by the United States military are so powerful, they can pose a threat to the people who fire them — even in training. When weapons are fired, an invisible blast wave travels through…
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago
How To Beat The Heat, Olympian-Style
Episode 1113
Over the next week, forecasts project extreme heat across much of the South, Midwest and parts of the West. So, this episode, health correspondent Pien Huang helps us take heat training cues from Oly…
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago
How Will the Universe End?
Episode 1112
Today, we're bringing you the final installment of our space summer series ... with the end ... of EVERYTHING. Will the universe end in a huge cosmic unraveling? A slow and lonely dissolution? Or a q…
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago
To Save The Grizzly Bear, You Gotta Think Like One
Episode 1111
Grizzly bears in the contiguous United States have been taken off — then put back on — the endangered species list twice since they were first labeled as threatened almost 50 years ago. Now, the issu…
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago
What Is An Unfair Advantage In Sports?
Episode 1110
We at Short Wave have been following all things Olympics, from the medals and new records to the ugly accusations that two women boxers aren't really women. Last year, the boxers failed gender tests,…
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago